Architecture Portfolio

PORTFOLIO Maria Ferré i Viladés

CV Maria Ferré i Viladés phone: (778) 302-7207 email: mariaferrev@gmail.com address: Vancouver, BC, CA website: https://mariaferre.me linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/ in/maria-ferré-i-viladés

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE mar 2019- Architectural Designer april 2020 HCMA Architecture and Design

Vancouver

Junior architect

des 2016Harquitectes (Nomiated for the EU jan 2019 Mies van de Rohe Award, 2019)

Barcelona

sept 2016- Assistant professor jan 2016 ETSAV

Barcelona

Project collaborator may 2016Una Arquitetos ag 2016 São Paulo

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE april 2020- Groudscape Architecture Design june 2020 Lab - Online Course

EPFL, Lausanne + Dominique Perrault

jul 2015sept 2016

Exchange year Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

EDUCATION sept 2011oct 2018

sept 2016feb 2017

jan 2015

nov 2013

Workshop - Cultural Landscapes Barcelona

Workshop - Self made city Barcelona

LANGUAGES mother tongue mother tongue

advanced

Spanish Catalan English IELTS Certificate Aug 2019

B.Arch + M.Arch UPC Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès Architecural photography course Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya

advanced advanced good basic good advanced advanced

good

nov 2015- Co-funder and blog editor jan 2020 Amallective

Barcelona

SOFTWARE

7.0 Overall Band Score C1 CEFR Level advanced advanced

Autocad Microstation 2D Microstation 3D Revit Sketchup Photoshop InDesign Illustrator

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE jul 2011

Volunteer in Nicaragua Rostros Colores y Sueños organisation

SKILLS - Critical thinking - Creative - Hardworking - Effective Team Integration and Interpersonal skills - Work effectively in a team

French Portuguese *References upon request

editorial and graphic design: Maria FerrĂŠ i ViladĂŠs typography: Kohinoor Bangla paper: Bloc grand art (acrilic, pastel gras et huile) 240g copyright @ 2019 all rights reserved Vancouver June 2020

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INDEX

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

pg. 11

01. THE PROMENADE

02. THE CIRCULAR MARKET

pg. 17

03. THE CONCRETE STAIRS

pg. 23

04. THE FACTORY

pg. 29

05. THE CUBE

pg. 33

06. COMPETITIONS A. Back to local B. The straw bales

pg. 03

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS pg. 39 pg. 41

01. HCMA

02. HARQUITECTES PERSONAL PROJECTS

pg. 47

01. AMALLECTIVE

02. EMMARCA’T

pg. 49

03. PHOTOGRAPHY

pg. 45

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

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01. The

PROMENADE

Barcelona

_location: Sallent, Barcelona _year: 2018 _center: ETSAV - UPC

Sallent

S

allent del Llobregat is a small city near Barcelona. The river Sallent de Llobregat divides the region into two parts. This division is unbalanced: the bigger part embraces all the activities, parks, plazas, and public equipment... The smaller part has been forgotten and abandoned.

The proposal focuses on this ignored territory, giving him a new path along the river, creating a new focus of activity, attached to the natural beauty of the site.

“The proposal focuses on this ignored territory, giving him a new path along the river.�

This new promenade consists on a new paving, a rethinking of the vegetation as a projectual tool and new urban furniture a and lighting.

Sallent de Llobregat

The issues - lack of urban furniture along the river side - cars drive at high speed - no priority for pedestrians - too much parking areas - chaothic vegetation

Sallent de Llobregat

present

proposal

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The entrances Facing the river, there are many secundary entrances to the dwellings. It is proposed a new material that cuts the lineality of the promenade.

The path in front of these entrances is differently paved in order to bring to the neighboours a stronger role

A

The square In the middle of the prommenade there is a narrow paved street that crosses it.

We place a square in this intersection, in order to propose a space to sit and rest, beneath the shadow of an elm tree.

B

The lookout At the end of the prommenade there is a stunning view of the industrial past of the city.

A lookout is placed there, made of cyclopean concrete (with river stones).

C

B

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A

C

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02. The

CIRCULAR market

_location: Sao Paulo _year: 2016 _center: Escola da Cidade

P

aranapiacaba is located between Sao Paulo and Santos, in a strategical location because it bounds the big metropole with the port city.

This small town was established as a company town for the employees of São Paulo Railway, a privately-owned British railway company. A large industrial complex and a British village were built. Nowadays Paranapiacaba is only maintained by tourism.

The proposal hopes to push a new economic sector by reactivating the train infrastructure, which will connect the town and bring products from the neighbors’ cities. To distribute and sell new products, the proposal focuses on reactivating the old supermarket in the town. It will become a new center for the inhabitants, being a civic building and a plaza at the same time.

“The proposal hopes to push a new economic sector by reactivating the train infrastructure.”

extension

circulation

plaza

Paranapiacaba

Physical model

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Modular wooden structure

01. The existing disused market

02. Adding program with wodden boxes

03. Extending the original market structure to place a supermarket

04. Creating a public space in the plot

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ACADEMIC PROJECTS

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03. The

CONCRETE stairs

_location: Barcelona, Spain _year: 2015 _with: RINGO RANGO team _center: ETSAV-UPC

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he neighbourhood of Les Planes was born in the mid-twentieth century, with the arrival of families from different parts of Spain, who self-build their own homes. The topography of Les Planes is characterized by being particularly marked, and mobility and accessibility become a problem recognized by neighbours.

RUTA RINGO RANGO project aims to improve the mobility and promote a fast connection between streets.

Studying the urban plan of the site, we discovered that there are public paths crossing the plots. We took these existing ways (named historically ringo rango paths) to locate our intervention.

“The project aims to improve the accessibility of Les Planes by building a network of public stairs.” © Maria Ferré

Our team of 25 students planned a 0 cost design using concrete test specimens, which represent a big waste for the construction industry. The construction system doesn´t require mortar and it´s easily reversible.

The test tubes are embedded in the ground and fixedbetween them by filling the voids with small gravel.

The entire project was built with our hands and sweat.The project was part of the Spanish Exhibition at the Biennale of Architecture 2018.

The project was part of the Spanish Exhibition at the Biennale of Architecture 2018.

Project published on HIC Architecture

limits

water

vegetation

private acess

regular slope 50%

30o

Les Planes neighborhood

Site plan

slope % 30m

5m

5m

60m

19 01

02 01

02

© Ilènia Molina

01.Preparing the terrain shaping a uniform slope

05.Second concrete row

02.40mm granulometry ravel layer, 8cm

06.Side confinement forming a V

03.10mm granulometry, gravel layer, 6cm

07.Repetition of the system

04.First concrete row

08.Pouring 3-5mm of gravel in the empty spaces between the pieces in order to compact the steps

© Maria Ferré

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ACADEMIC PROJECTS

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04. The

FACTORY

_location: Barcelona _year: 2015 _type: ETSAV-UPC

L

ocated in an industrial area in the Eixample of Barcelona, student housing is suggested.

The project aims to preserve the pre-existing architectural elements of the site. There is an old abandoned factory enclosed by a brick wall, two elements of high architectural value.

The new intervention is placed around the existing elements, bringing them more value. The old factory becomes a common area for the students and the neighbors, where they can study and rest. Every floor has also a common area with a kitchen and a rest area to balance out the reduced area of the individual units.

“The new intervention is placed around the existing elements, bringing them more value.�

The shelters are made of CLT wood structure, supported on a concrete base. This base contains a library and little studio units, naturally lighted.

Existing

Proposal

Growth sytem

Pobleneou, Barcelona

Ground floor

Second floor

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different dispositions

The units

Prototype section

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05. The

CUBE

_location: Stockholm, Sweden _year: 2014 _center: ETSAV

P

laced on a special location (the cemetery of Asplund and Lewerentz), a ceremonial space had to be designed. Having a spatial limitation (a cube of 10x10x10m) a division of this cube on three different spaces was proposed.

Each space is related to a basic element: water, fire, and air. The junction of these interventions creates a spiritual path that leads to the final goodbye.

“Each ceremonial space is related to a basic element: water, fire and air.�

The water pavilion represents sadness after having lost someone loved. Then comes the light area that refers to the acceptance of such loss. Finally, the wind pavilion takes the ashes away, representing the final goodbye.

02.light

10m 10m

03.wind

10m

01.water

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the cube

SkogskyrkogĂĽrden, Asplund and Lewerentz

01.

sadness

the prommenade

02.

assumption

03.

goodbye

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COMPETITIONS

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06A. Back

to LOCAL

_location: Barcelona, Spain _year: 2020 _type: COMPETITION (waiting results)

P

laça Catalunya represents Barcelona’s heart. In between two different types of neighborhoods, this plaza is a tourist and busy center for the city. This is a public space avoided by citizens and crowded with tourists. Spread chaotically, many sculptures can be found. A small tourist information center is placed there too. Besides, several metro infrastructures convert on different levels. The proposal wants to rethink this space as a vibrant, local center, where tourists and local people can find opportunities.

It is intended to bring more identity to this central place and reorganize its elements. In the early XX century, two big diagonals crossed the plaza.

The proposal tries to bring that back.

“It is intended to bring more identity to this central place and reorganize its elements.”

The leftover spaces are converted into densified gardens, populating them with bee-friendly plants and trees and relocating the existing sculptures, placing the most iconical one in the middle. In its center, the floor is reconverted into a concrete and glass structure, which is a canopy for the newly covered plaza underneath. The underground plaza connects the different existing metro entrances and the parking lot in the southeast. At the same time, it contains the existing program found in the old plaza.

The rest of the oval is completed with many small businesses that sell local products, to bring back the parochial life in Barcelona’s heart.

present

proposal

COMPETITIONS

Units - Private accommodation

Units - Accommodation for 4

The straw process

Units - Look out

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06B. The

STRAW BALES

_location: La Pan Tan, Vietnam _year: 2020 _type: COMPETITION (preselected)

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n the North of Vietnam, in a region called La Pan Tan, the landscape is overwhelming. It´s a region of terraced rice fields, placed in a hilly area. The competition asked for a new Tourist Accommodation placed in the fields. The proposal tries to minimize the intervention of the landscape by placing the accommodation where the existing town is, next to the river and the road, served by all the infrastructure needed. In the rice fields, we place distinct pavillions to support both tourists and inhabitants. These pavilions are points of lookout, shadow, washrooms. They are located along the same contour, at 1215 m of altitude.

The constructive method of these structures is based on the straw bale, a natural waste of the harvest of nice.

It is reused to infill the ballon frame structures, insulating the facade and also bringing more inertia to the building.

Walk along one elevation

Rice fields

Native architecture

Proposal

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

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his project is the proposal for a competition to build a Secondary School in the city of Vancouver.

Being constrained with a very low budget, the very first strategy is to stack the classroom block in one volume and put together the big programs such as the gym and theatre in another. The space that connects these different volumes becomes the heart of the school, the atrium, from where one gets different views of the multiple programs.

“The space that connects these different volumes becomes the heart of the shcool, the atrium.”

I focused on the landscape design of the school. We suggested extending the interior atrium with a exterior common space that could hold activities such as basketball, movie screening, 100m running track, conversation spaces, and informal play. There was special attention in creating two differentiated entrances. The public one facing Oak street, and the main one used by students, facing the parking lot.

HCMA Architecture + Design

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he current track and field facilities located in Bear Creek Park (Surrey, Vancouver) have served the community well, but are aging and currently unable to meet the needs of a growing population and an increasingly diverse range of users .

As a result, the City of Surrey engaged HCMA Architecture + Design in early 2019 to lead a design team to undertake a feasibility study to explore the planning and conceptual design of a new destination sports facility. The vision for the project is a revitalized sports facility that will enhance Bear Creek Park by creating a vibrant, athletic destination that is carefully integrated into the fabric of the park, maintains the much loved natural environment, and connects the unique range of existing park experiences.

“The vision of the project is a revitalized sports facility that will enhance the park by creating a vibrant, athletic destination integrated into the fabric of the park.�

The proposed facility is intended to provide enhanced services to current users, and to draw new users to experience this unique offering within the lower mainland.

HCMA Architecture + Design

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

HARQUITECTES

HARQUITECTES

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he experience of working in a studio such as Harquitectes has given me the oportunity to improve several aspects of my career.

I have worked on a project from the first sketches untill the construction phase. The project consists on a refurbishment of a town house near Barcelona. The structure of the building was afected, as well as the spacial conditions. We suggested to demolish all the interior partitions in order to get more space and light.

The floor framing was also demolished, excepting the wooden beams.

A new floor framing was proposed, made of prefabricated steel structure, positioned above the older. The first floor was completely new.

“I have worked on a project from the first sketches untill the construction phase.”

I have accompained the entire process, from the first ideas, mockups, passing through the executive project and working on all the materials needed to build a project.

© Maria Ferré

PERSONAL PROJECTS

PERSONAL PROJECTS

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01. AMALLECTIVE

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MALLECTIVE is a source of news and information about architecture and design. Throughout its existence, the magazine has fostered readership among architecture, and design professionals by covering noteworthy and innovative projects across the globe.

Born from a young collective of architecture students who had inquisitiveness to share what they loved from their profession, as well as the latest trends vital to the profession in design, urbanism, and landscape architecture.

“Born from a young collective of architecture students who had inquisitiveness to share what they loved from their profession.�

The magazine offers commentary and criticism, sustainable architecture in addition to a variety of building types, trying to reclaim the quality of the projects.

PERSONAL PROJECTS

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02. ARTS

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ince I was little I loved spending my free time drawing and painting. I have explored different types of art expressions such as drawing, watercolor and sculpture.

I have recently participated in several editions of a Design Market in Barcelona named La Llotja del Disseny.

There I presented and sold my watercolor works.

“I have explored different types of art expressions such as drawing, watercolor and sculpture.”

01.Clay sculptures. Barcelona 2013-2015 02. Drawing“Cooking a Home” Pilar Puig Cortada. Ink on paper (Barcelona, Oct 2015) 03.Watercolor. More info on https://www.instagram.com/_emmarcat/

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03. Architectural

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uring my career I have always loved photography. That’s why when I started architecture I tried to express my feelings towards it not only with architeture but also with photography.

As a photographer I have taken pictures for several architecture studios and architecture blogs such as TAC Arquitectes and HIC Arquitectura.

PHOTOGRAPHY

“As a photographer I have taken pictures of several architecture studios and artchitecture blogs.”